J.D. Vance is a faker when he claims on the Republican Convention stage
that he will fight for the "working man, union and nonunion alike."

In reality, Vance has betrayed working class Americans by signing up to
rubber stamp Trump’s agenda of:

* Cutting Social Security
* Tax breaks for billionaires
* Allowing greedy corporations to jack up prices on everything from
groceries to gas to prescriptions.

Vance was mentored by billionaires, bankrolled by billionaires, and has
spent his career doing the bidding of billionaires by attacking working
class families.

Last night before Vance's speech and again early this morning, we sent
reporters covering the presidential race the receipts to prove it.

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giving reporters writing on tight deadlines content that exposes
Republican talking points and helps keep their lies from being printed
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Here are the receipts.

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Here's more on Vance's betrayal of working people:

Vance is an enemy to labor unions and working families - [ [link removed] ]Fast Company

"Vance has opposed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which
would address loopholes in labor law and expand protections for workers
seeking to unionize. (Union leaders and pro-labor lawmakers have spent
years trying to get the bill passed.)...

"Vance has cosponsored the [ [link removed] ]Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act,
reintroducing the legislation earlier this year alongside Senator Marco
Rubio. The bill would effectively undermine labor unions by allowing
voluntary 'employee involvement organizations,' which would not be covered
by collective-bargaining agreements and could be dissolved by an employer.
Vance has also distinguished between 'good unions' and 'bad unions,'
extending support to police unions while denouncing the union representing
baristas at Starbucks, according to Politico…

"During his time in the Senate, Vance has also rejected nominees to the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB) who are seen as pro-worker and supported by labor unions. Earlier
this year, Vance also [ [link removed] ]voted in favor of a [ [link removed] ]resolution to strike down
the NLRB’s updated joint-employer rule, which would have given workers
more leverage when organizing at companies — like Amazon — that rely
heavily on third-party contractors, by forcing both employers to
participate in labor negotiations."

Here’s how labor leaders reacted to the Trump-Vance ticket:

* AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler [ [link removed] ]described the Trump-Vance ticket as "a
corporate CEO’s dream and a worker’s nightmare."
* Sara Nelson—international president of the Association of Flight
Attendants—[ [link removed] ]echoed that sentiment. "This ticket isn’t pro-worker or
pro-union," she wrote. "It’s the billionaire ticket through and
through."
* April Verrett, president of the Service Employees International Union
(SEIU), called out Vance’s connections to Wall Street and Silicon
Valley and [ [link removed] ]said that Trump and Vance "will seek to protect the
wealthy and corporations while enacting their insidious Project 2025
agenda."
* Terri Gerstein, the Director of the NYU Wagner Labor Initiative said,
"Pro-worker is raising the minimum wage, ensuring people get overtime,
supporting paid sick and family leave. Playacting as working class by
dressing up in jeans and acting aggrieved doesn’t do anything for real
working people who are struggling."

On stage, Vance portrayed himself as coming from a working-class
background and understanding the struggles of ordinary Americans.

Vance is worth more than $10 million and owns two multi-million dollar
homes - [ [link removed] ]Forbes

"By telling the world about his impoverished upbringing, Trump's vice
presidential pick made a small fortune – and planted seeds for a political
future."

[ [link removed] ]TIME: By 2021, Vance was believed to hold between $3 million and $10
million in liquid assets and venture capital holdings, according to
Forbes…In early 2023, Vance and his wife bought a second home in
Alexandria, Virginia, for $1.6 million…Forbes estimates his total real
estate assets to be worth $4 million.

On stage, Vance spoke of the struggles of "grandparents all across this
country, who are living on Social Security."

Vance called Social Security & Medicare "roadblocks to any kind of real
fiscal sanity" - [ [link removed] ]WGBH

In a 2010 [ [link removed] ]writing, Vance called Social Security and Medicare
"roadblocks to any kind of real fiscal sanity." [ [link removed] ]He enthusiastically
praised former Rep. Paul Ryan’s plan to make massive cuts to Social
Security and Medicare

[ [link removed] ]Vance wrote: "The way forward is as obvious as it is politically
difficult: streamline the tax code, reform current entitlements and avoid
enacting new ones…I hope that Ryan’s budget starts a needed
conversation…if these people gave a damn about inequality in this country,
they’d be leading the charge for budget cuts instead of opposing them."

On stage, Vance criticized "Wall Street barons." That’s particularly rich.

Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel inspired Vance’s life’s work at
Yale Law - [ [link removed] ]New York Times

"One major influence at Yale, he has said, was a 2011 talk by Peter Thiel,
the venture capitalist known for co-founding PayPal and supporting
hard-right political candidates…

"'Peter’s talk remains the most significant moment of my time at Yale Law
School,' Mr. Vance wrote. 'He articulated a feeling that had until then
remained unformed: that I was obsessed with achievement…not as an end to
something meaningful, but to win a social competition.'...

"Mr. Thiel would become a major supporter of both Mr. Vance’s venture
capital firm and his Senate campaign."

Vance’s 2022 Senate campaign was bankrolled by anti-union right-wing
billionaire Peter Thiel - [ [link removed] ]New York Times

"Before the 2022 midterm elections, Mr. Thiel gave $15 million to support
Mr. Vance’s campaign for the Senate. Mr. Sacks donated $1 million to a
political action committee backing Mr. Vance’s run. In a post on Truth
Social on Monday, Mr. Trump cited Mr. Vance’s 'very successful business
career in Technology and Finance' as one reason he was chosen as his
running mate…

"Mr. Vance’s stint in tech was crucial for forging connections with
billionaire executives and investors, including Mr. [Peter] Thiel, Mr.
Sacks and Elon Musk, who owns X. Over and over, those men have funded Mr.
Vance’s political ambitions, raised his profile among other wealthy donors
and on social media, and lobbied Mr. Trump to choose him as his running
mate…"

Jamie Raskin says, "The Progressive Change Campaign Committee was with me
in my first race for Congress, and we are partners in fighting to defend
our democracy and freedom today...Nothing matters more in 2024 than
winning a blowout victory in Congress for the party of democracy and
freedom."

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